Professional Development

The MCSHE offers a range of Professional Development opportunities freely available to academics and professionals interested in health professions and sciences education practice and research.

These opportunities include:

  • Biannual online seminars: Featuring expert speakers from  both national and international circles, these seminars foster the sharing of innovative research and practices in HPE.
  • Annual workshop: Focusses on a key aspect of good practice in health professions education or research methodologies within the field.
  • Mini writing retreats: Intended to build a community of health education researchers, the retreats will offer time, space and mentoring for academics of all experience levels.

Seminars

Topic - How to choose methodology in health professions education research.

Thursday 14 November 2024: Presented by the MCSHE seminar series working group: Dr Mahbub Sarkar, Dr Sarah Meiklejohn, Dr Ella Ottrey and Dr Julia McCartan together with Dr Georgina Stevens from the Monash Centre for Human Anatomy Education (CHAE). Watch the session and access the slides below.

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Topic - How to approach evaluation in health professions education research.

Monday 19 August 2024: Dr Louise Allen Department of Medical Education, University of Melbourne. Watch the session and access the slides below.

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Highlight from 2023: Associate Professor Tim Fawns from Monash Education Academy discussed “Entangled pedagogy, complexity and postdigital education”. Watch the session below.

Workshop

The 2024 workshop was delivered as part of the Learning and Teaching Symposium, in collaboration with the Monash Education Academy, with the topic of 'Choosing a HPE research methodology.' Information about the 2025 workshop will be posted soon.

Mini writing retreats

The mini-writing retreats are open to Monash University academics, at any stage along their health education research writing journey. Facilitated by experienced education researcher Professor Michelle Lazarus, the mini-writing retreats are intended to provide an opportunity for collaborative discussion about scholarly challenges, as well as dedicated time to writing. If you'd like to know more, contact us to register your interest.